Microsoft Silverlight released into first test phase
{{date|April 30, 2007}}
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[[Microsoft]] has finally released its long awaited "[[w:Microsoft Silverlight|Silverlight]]" into [[w:Software testing#Test levels|Alpha Testing]] for the general public. "It's the biggest challenge for Microsoft right now," said Brent Thill, an analyst from [[w:Citigroup|Citigroup]]. This is the most direct threat to date, that Microsoft has posed to [[w:Adobe Systems|Adobe]] (makers of the popular [[w:Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] platform).

The creators of Silverlight have been promising a single plug-in which will work across all browsers and operating systems and will offer a rich video and interactive media experience which can be embedded within Web sites.

Microsoft has also promised to make some of the Silverlight technologies open source. This has been a popular decision among the computing industry, and has been a step away from the usual protection of their products.

While at MIX07, Microsoft also discussed its new package called [[w:Microsoft Expression Studio|Expression]], which is set to be released in June, and will be an alternative to [[w:Adobe Creative Suite|Adobe Creative Suite 3]] (CS3).

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4949
|title=Ray Ozzie: Silverlight + .NET and ‘experience first’ software
|author=Dan Farber
|pub=ZDNet
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2123782,00.asp
|title=Microsoft Hopes to Turn a Silverlight on Flash
|author=Darryl K. Taft 
|pub=eWEEK
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/adobe_vs_micros.html
|title=Adobe vs Microsoft battle turns to open source
|author=Matt Asay
|pub=InfoWorld
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.sys-con.com/read/368380.htm
|title=Electric Rain's New Harmony Application Lets Designers Use Flash Content in Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight
|author=PR Newswire
|pub=Sys-Con Media
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=8502
|title=Telerik Already Prepping Silverlight Tools
|author=Chris Kanaracus
|pub=ENT News
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/95923/95923.html?Ad=1
|title=Microsoft Opens Web Conference
|author=Paul Thurrott, WinInfo
|pub=WindowsIT Pro
|date=April 30, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070427/tc_infoworld/88119
|title=Microsoft to open source some of Silverlight
|author=Elizabeth Montalbano
|pub=Yahoo! News
|date=April 27, 2007}}

== External links ==
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/apr07/04-30silverlight.mspx
|title=Microsoft's Silverlight Helps Developers and Designers Light Up the Web for Customers
|author=
|pub=Microsoft
|date=April 30, 2007}}

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Microsoft has finally released its long awaited "Silverlight" into Alpha Testing for the general public. "It's the biggest challenge for Microsoft right now," said Brent Thill, an analyst from Citigroup. This is the most direct threat to date, that Microsoft has posed to Adobe (makers of the popular Flash platform).

The creators of Silverlight have been promising a single plug-in which will work across all browsers and operating systems and will offer a rich video and interactive media experience which can be embedded within Web sites.

Microsoft has also promised to make some of the Silverlight technologies open source. This has been a popular decision among the computing industry, and has been a step away from the usual protection of their products.

While at MIX07, Microsoft also discussed its new package called Expression, which is set to be released in June, and will be an alternative to Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3).
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